Editorial Design

The following printed pieces were done for a variety of publications and represent my design sensibility. A fluid composition keeps the eye moving where the priorities should be. Fun, yet be serious, I want the page(s) to be clean, yet complex, and to enliven the text with bright and clear layouts. It's all about being respectful to the reader and communicating visually what the writers are saying with their words.

Acoustic Guitar, Six Lightweight Cases

Typographic production by Jacob Chaukley

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Photography by Heather Swain

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Photography by Jim Newberry

Acoustic Guitar

Microphone buying guide

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Guitar innovations

Acoustic Guitar, John Doyle

Photography by Keith Wright

Wines & Vines Magazine

Monthly wine industry data report

Wines & Vines Magazine

Annual wine and grape suppliers survey results

Strings Magazine

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Photography by Jaime Thornton

Strings Magazine

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Photography by Jake Blakesburg

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Photography by Jimmy Abegg

Mill Valley Historical Society

Magazine produced annually in conjunction with docent-led historic walk

Stories That Dance

Art and text by Cynthia Pepper

Stories That Dance

Art and text by Cynthia Pepper

Fine Art

Clothing Collages with Machine Sewing

Original concept of dress collage with machine sewing created by Colette Copeland.

Cross-Wrapped Journals

Longstitch/Cross-stitch Journal

I'm teaching this handmade book on Feb. 25, 2017 at Createful Studios. http://createfulstudio.com/new-events/2017/2/6/bookmaking-crosslong-stitch

Absolute Positano

My entry in the 2016 Altered Book Show at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. 12 x 12 inch birch panel with painted and meticulously cut pages from "La Carta Vincente" originally in English by Georgette Heyer, but translated into Italian. The title in English means "The Trump Card." The book was found in Florence, Italy in March 2016 on our way to Positano. SOLD

I drew, painted, attached, and etched these individual square pieces on a discarded baby's board book. I didn't realize at the time I had done two with the bottoms of the birds, and two with the heads of the birds. These are four from this series.

Mixed-media pieces 4 x 4 inches.

Altered Joy of Cooking

An Altered Book, "Joy of Cooking," done in 2011 for a Marin Contemporary Art Museum fundraiser. Fourteen pages, each page had a different illustration of an ingredient from a recipe on the page. Medium: Acrylic, pages from mid-1950's Joy of Cooking, and a plastic measuring cup. SOLD.

Altered Book

The three images above are from an altered book, titled "10" I made for the 2010 Altered Book Show at the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a 12-page baby's board book covered with acrylic, hand-painted paper, ribbon, and pages from a novel. Heavily influenced by Rex Rey. SOLD

Wood Encaustic Collages

Mixed-media Collages (2010)

Collages

I spent the week at Morro Bay, California and took limited art supplies. I worked on these pieces at the dining room table while my niece studied. She turned to me at one point and said, "Bibi, you look so happy." Ha ha, so true. I love making art.

The collages were made from pages of a travel magazine.

4 x 4 inches on board.

"Ascending"

Medium: Acrylic and paper. 40 x 40 inches,

Today's Collage

No, I am not doing a collage a day, maybe some day. I own the inspiring A Collage a Day" book, and enjoy how the author broke down his work by type (font, not category), color, and theme. I did this one while working on four at once. This is part of the Yellow Series. It takes time making many, many collages and I only find a treasure or two that pleases my eye.

Beach Houses (2012)

I was inspired by some pillows I saw in a home interior magazine. I used acrylic to paint the beach and sky, and the cut paper is from a pattern book called Repro Depot. I love the mix of stripes and flowers. It reminds me of Seaside, Florida. Each image is approximately 5 x 4 inches.

Sandpipers (2012)

I was inspired by some pillows I saw in a home interior magazine. I used acrylic to paint the beach and sky, and the cut paper is from a pattern book called Repro Depot. I love the mix of stripes and flowers. It reminds me of Seaside, Florida. Each image is approximately 5 x 4 inches.

Collateral Design

Book publisher specializing in musicians' memoirs and stringed instrument maintenance and repair.

Wines & Vines Packaging Conference

Logo for annual wine packaging conference and day of education on the latest design and packaging trends and products for winemakers, wine marketing employees and designers. Included a packaging design competition displayed and voted on during the day-long conference.

Wines & Vines Oak Conference

Logo for an annual conference and educational day for winemakers and cellar masters on the latest oak and oak alternatives products and storage.

Wines & Vines Tote Bag

Tote bag giveaway item for Wines & Vines.

Magazine Masthead

Major update and overhaul of the Acoustic Guitar masthead and corporate logo.

Cover Design

This compendium of covers includes Wines & Vines, Acoustic Guitar, Strings, Teen Strings, and Play Guitar. Numerous photographers across the U.S. were assigned to shoot the musical personality or the location shown.

Wines & Vines Magazine

Wines & Vines Finance issue, August 2015

Wines & Vines Magazine

End of the year wrap up, December 2015

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Photograph by Jay Blakesburg

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Photograph by Jay Blakesburg

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Photograph by Jim Newberry

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Photograph by Anne Hamersky

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Photograph by Emily Wilson

Acoustic Guitar Magazine

20th anniversary issue

Strings Magazine

Strings Magazine

Strings Magazine

Play Guitar Magazine

Cover photo by Anne Hamersky

Play Guitar Magazine

Cover photo by Anne Hamersky

Teen Strings Magazine

Teen Strings Magazine

Book Design

Succeed as a String Player!

Published by Backstage Books

Violin Owner's Manual

Published by Backstage Books

Photography

Buddy Holly replica guitar by Rick Turner

This guitar had the best personality of all the guitars I've shot, and I've shot a lot of them. This reproduction Buddy Holly guitar was built by Rick Turner with the original guitar as a model. Eighteen guitar reproductions were made and one was purchased by Jackson Browne to record a Buddy Holly song on one of Browne's recent CDs.

I shot the guitar without the hand-tooled and stitched leather case, but for the cover of Acoustic Guitar magazine it had to wear it's leather coat. You can see the cover here.

Steve James (2012)

There were a lot of musicians coming through the Acoustic Guitar office, and very often I shot them in our photo studio. It's great because I can get the poses I want, but Steve was so photogenic I didn't have to say much in terms of directing him. These two were taken in January 2012 when Steve James came by the Stringletter office for a video shoot.

Steve James (2012)

Orville Johnson (2012)

Orville Johnsonwas in the office to shoot video for the Acoustic Guitar Blues Basics video series. I'm a bit of a stickler for pressing shirts if you're going to be in a video or photo shoot. Don't even get me started on shoes and haircuts. I've seen soles with holes and bad hair, come on guys!

Orville was gracious enough to come back the second day of shooting with his shirt ironed and I took photos that day. All these guitar players are very nice, but getting them to smile is difficult (it's the blues, baby).

Michael Summer (2012)

This photo was taken just after Michael graduated from the Berklee School of Music in Boston in 2012. He's been playing music and performing in the New York metropolitan area ever since.

Mark Summer (2011)

Kate Bush's guitar

Nina Gerber came in for a photo shoot at the Acoustic Guitar offices in 2012. She had this guitar with her and while she doesn't travel or perform much with it, she had an amazing story to tell. Nina played with Kate Wolf and when Kate died, Nina inherited the guitar shown above. When the guitar case was opened in the photo studio, I got an immediate sense of a spirit in the room. I hadn't been told the story, nor had I ever heard of Kate Wolf, but the feeling of this woman was still in the guitar. I shot this photo and you can see how well used it is. It was made by David Matlin. The guitar was featured in the April 2013 issue of Acoustic Guitar on the "Great Acoustics" page.